State standards for transporting and using ash logs and firewood within New Hampshire remain in effect, despite the end of federal quarantine regulations that were enacted to help stop the spread of the emerald ash borer.
As of Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is no longer regulating the interstate movement of ash tree products within states and across state lines.
In New Hampshire, ash logs can be transported only after Sept. 1 and processed by June 1. Logs can be shipped only to mills willing to debark them immediately. There also needs to confirmation that logs are likely not infested before transporting them.
There also are rules on transporting ash firewood.
The emerald ash borer was first detected in Concord in 2013. Infestations have been found in all counties in the state, except Coos. Once infested, ash trees die within three to five years.
Ash trees are an important part of New Hampshire’s forest landscape and a valuable timber species of its forest products economy.
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